Evanston Sites

Works Progress Administration (WPA) built an expansion to the Evanston Cemetery in Wyoming'. Regarding the City Cemetery, Evanston, Wyoming's website states: "The largest expansion of the cemetery took place in the mid 1930s, when the “New Section” was constructed as a WPA project." "The Works Progress Administration helped develop this section of the cemeterybeginning in 1938. WPA workers preparedthe ground, laid the irrigation system, andinstalled the landscaping. This was the firstsection of the cemetery to require flat grave markers to make it easier for cemetery custodians to maintain the lawns."

The former high school in Evanston, Wyoming was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project during the Great Depression. Construction was performed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and completed in 1936. PWA Docket No. WY 1023-R. According to the 1936-37 and 1949 high school yearbooks, the high school opened to students in 1937. "In May of 1936 the old Hallock building was torn down and a new high school building was begun under the direction of the Jacobson Construction Company of Salt Lake City, Utah, with employment furnished by the W. P. A. In January, 1937, some lucky students moved...

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted a road improvement project in Worland, Wyoming, per Michael Cassity, "using cut and fill for streets from work on banks of Bear River."

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted extensive improvement work at the Wyoming State Hospital in Evanston.